Karl Ernst von Baer
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn (; – ) was a
Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer was a
naturalist,
biologist,
geologist,
meteorologist,
geographer, and is considered a, or the, founding father of
embryology. He was a member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, a co-founder of the
Russian Geographical Society, and the first president of the
Russian Entomological Society, making him one of the most distinguished
Baltic German scientists.
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